Improved breast-strap attachment for harness



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JOSEPH LETOHWORTH, OF- BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 96,016, dated October 19, 1869.

The Scheule xefenfed to in these Letten Patent mlnaldnjg'part ofthesame,

To alll whom 'it may-concern.-

vBe it known that I, JosrAH LnTcHwoRTH, of the city of Bulalo,in thecounty of Erie, and State of N ew York, have invented a' certain new anduseful Im' provement in Breast-Strap Attachments; and I do herebydeclare that vthe following isa full and exact description thereof,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure I isaV perspective view of' my improved attachment.

Figure II is a longitudinal section of the same, at-

cached to the breast-strap.

Figure III is a cross-section.

Like. letters of reference indicate like parts in each of the figures.

My improvement relates to thatclass of inventions.

known as breast-strap slides, which consists -of a metal casting,attached to the breast-strap, to protect the leather from the abradingaction of the neck-yoke ring, and to retain, or partially retain thesaid ring in place at the centre of the strap.

In the manufacture of light castings, the great object to attain ischeapuess of construction, Vas the saleability of such articles asbreast-strap slides depends mainly on the price, many devices, otherwisegood, having failed of' success, on account ot' the cost required tomanufingers, cast at right angles to thev plate, -which are afterwardbent down, so aslto overlap the edges ot the strap on the outsidejand byclamping the strap against the corrugated surface, securely hold theattachment in place, without -the use ot` rivets, or other expensivefastening.

In thedrawings- A. represents .my improved attachment. curved in theusual manner, with a nange, a, at tne edges, which serve to stilen theplate, and assist in retaining the strap d in-place.v

t c' are the transverse corrugations on the outer side, against whichthe strap comes in contact.

b b are the fingers,cast so as to project at right an gles from themainplate, as shown in Figs. I and III, where one of the Iingers isrepresented. as bent down, and the other in the position in which it iscast.

The plate being applied tothe strap, as shown, the lingers, overlappingthe edges of the strap ou the outside, will serve to clamp vthe latterwith snicient force against the corrugations t, to prevent theattachmentV which, by indenting the leather, will render thev attachmentstill more unyielding.

What I claim as my invention, is The breast-strap attachment A, as a newarticle ot' manufacture, cast of malleable iron, with/fingers c c andtransverse eorrugatiou i, substantially as and forl the purposehereinbefo're set forth.

- JOSIAH LETOHWORTH.

Witnesses J AY HYATT, H. AQ J oHNs'roN.

